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Hudson Highlands Land Trust
May 2014
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Visit our website
Support our work
 
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Coming Events
May 10
Riverkeeper Sweep Various Locations
May 11
Mother's Day Hikes
Outdoor Discovery Center
Cornwall, NY
and Hubbard Lodge
Cold Spring, NY
Jun 4iMapInvasives Training Orange County Cornell Cooperative Extension
Middlebrook, NY
Jun 5
iMapInvasives Training
Dutchess County Cornell Cooperative Extension
Millbrook, NY
Jun 7 Lunch & Learn: Invasive Control on Your Property
Clearpool Model Forest
Carmel, NY
Oct 10 HHLT's 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner Boscobel
Cold Spring, NY
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Hudson Highlands Land Trust
P.O. Box 226
20 Nazareth Way
Garrison, NY 10524
845/424-3358
info@hhlt.org
Andy Chmar
Executive Director
Katrina Shindledecker
Director of Land Preservation
MJ Martin
Director of Outreach and Development
Kathy Hamel
Membership and Public Policy Coordinator
Matt Decker
Stewardship Coordinator
Jonathan Leitner
Program and Database Associate
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 Info from HHLT's Community Forum on Energy Conservation Available on Website
At the end of April, Hudson Highlands residents and business owners attended the Hudson Highlands Land Trust's (HHLT) sustainability forum to learn about steps they can take to reduce energy bills.
Panelists Jeff Domanski, Mid-Hudson Representative, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA); James Hartford, Partner, River Architects; Sam McAfee, Founder, sg.BUILD; and Joe Fahey, Chief of Engineering, Directorate of Public Works at West Point, presented ideas for conserving energy on the individual and community level, and possible sources of funding for upgrades. Materials from the forum, including panelist slide shows, are available online at HHLT's website.
Coverage of the forum can be found at philipstown.info and in The Putnam County News and Recorder.
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 Ahoy, Volunteers: Riverkeeper Hudson River Sweep is Saturday, May 10
Join your neighbors at one of the local Hudson River shoreline cleanup locations this Saturday, May 10. Register with Riverkeeper to give organizers a sense of how many volunteers to expect. Registered participants are also eligible for raffle prizes.
There are Hudson Highlands clean-up locations in Ft. Montgomery, Cornwall, Garrison and Cold Spring. Some clean-ups are land-based, others will be done by kayak. Details can be found at the Riverkeeper Sweep website.
All volunteers should bring drinking water, snack, work gloves and sturdy shoes. Those working from kayaks should also have safety gear (life vests, sun hat, sun screen, whistle or signaling device) and be prepared to work with a buddy. Bungees or lashing to safely tow bags or trash will also be useful.
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 Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Offers Guided Mother's Day Hikes, May 11
Join Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Educator Carl Heitmuller for a Guided Nature Hike for Moms on Sunday, May 11. Carl will lead families on a morning hike along the stroller friendly trails of the Outdoor Discovery Center in Cornwall at 10:00am. In the afternoon, he will gather hikers at Hubbard Lodge in Cold Spring at 2:00pm to seek out the sights and sounds of spring.
The Outdoor Discovery Center is on Muser Drive, across from 174 Angola Road in Cornwall. Hubbard Lodge is on Route 9 in Cold Spring, about 2/10 of a mile north of Route 301.
Both hikes are suitable for all ages. Admission fees for all programs support the care of HHNM's animals at the Wildlife Education Center in Cornwall. Admission is $7/adult and $5/child (museum members: $5/adult, $3/child). Visit hhnaturemuseum.org for more information, or call 845/534-5506 x204.
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 Learn to Identify and Control Invasize Plants, June 7
From barberry to black swallowwort, invasive plants can take over whole sections of property, reducing native plant diversity and affecting local wildlife. Join Matt Decker, HHLT Stewardship Coordinator, on Sat., June 7, from 10:00am - 2:00pm at Clearpool Model Forest in Carmel for Lunch and Learn: Invasive Control on Your Property. During this workshop and hike, Matt and Clearpool staff will provide you strategies for controlling invasives in our forests and your own backyard. Visit the website for more information and to register.
If you'd like to get involved in the fight against invasives at a regional level, you can learn to identify them and contribute to iMapInvasives, a crowdsourced map of invasive species locations in New York State. Upcoming training sessions are scheduled for June 4th at the Orange County Cornell Cooperative Extension Office in Middletown and June 5th at the Dutchess County Cornell Cooperative Extension Office in Millbrook.
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 Spring Ephemerals are Here--But Not for Long!
If you're out in the woods at this time of year, be on the lookout for spring ephemerals. These woodland wildflowers have a unique strategy--grow early and flower on the forest floor before the trees and shrubs above leaf out. Triliums, Dutchman's Breeches and Trout Lilies (pictured) are a few examples of the charismatic and fleeting plants that are blooming now. Here is a list of what to look for.
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Does the Transportation of Crude Oil through the Hudson Valley Pose an Environmental Threat to the Region?
You may have seen notices and media coverage addressing this question recently. Because HHLT is a community-based land conservation organization dedicated to the protection of the natural resources of the Hudson Highlands, we believe it's our responsibility to share information on issues like this one that affect the communities we serve and the landscapes we are committed to preserving. With this in mind, we are including a link to a flyer from the Scenic Hudson and Riverkeeper presentation on this topic, which took place in Newburgh on May 5. We hope, like us, you'll stay informed on this important issue, and contact your elected officials in Albany and Washington, DC, to express your concerns.
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Shakespeare in the Highlands
The curtain rises on the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival's 2014 season on June 10. Their productions have been entertaining residents and visitors to the Hudson Highlands with exuberant outdoor performances at Boscobel in Garrison, NY, for years and make good use of the beautiful landscape as a theatrical backdrop. Plan to arrive early to enjoy dinner al fresco and take in the breathtaking views before the performance. You can order tickets online. |
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The Hudson Highlands Land Trust is a community-based, accredited, non-profit land conservation organization dedicated to the protection of the natural resources, rural character and scenic beauty of the Hudson Highlands.
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